The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-04-21
FOREIGN.
Salisbury and Friends Observe the
Anniversary OF Beaconsfleld's Death.
In a Speech Salisbury Bitterly At
tacks Gladstone and ParnelI.
The London Times to be Sued for
Libel by Mr.. BIggar.


being the sixth anniversary Of the death Of
the Earl Of Beaeonsfeld, said the hollow sg-
itation carried on during the Easter holdings
by the opposition had failed, and that the
governments cause was the country's. The
government stood in Ireland facing vast
machine producing terrorism and crime
against which the government intended to
struggle with all the powers Parliament
would grant. Gladstone's Imagination de-
ceived him when he attempted TO prove that
his party's prospects were very bright. The
present Irish crimes bill would not compare
In stringency with Gladstone's one Of 1881.
Under the latter measure people were i'm
prisoned without trial. This could not be
done under the present bill. The suppress
sion Of crime in Ireland did not mean the
suppression Of liberty. Policemen, in ar
resting Bill Sykes, did not interfere with
liberty. Yet Gladstone condemned this
crimes repression bill The danger Of the
present day lay in catchwOrds. Mr. Glad
stone, who had spent his life in changing
his opinions, met those who separated from
him in tone Of father lecturing his chill
dren. He preached at and almost prayed
for them, but 1t never occurred to Mr.. Glad
stone that perhaps they had something to
complain OF. They were unable to change
their opinion in night like he could. Lord
Salisbury pr0phesied that Mr.. Gladstone
would find It dificult to gather around him
any new recruits. His present adherents
had gone over to recede. "What had Mr..
Gladstone gained?" asked the premier. He
had gained Sc very devoted followers Of
Parnell who had been challenged with haY-
ing approved murder. When man was
accused in such manner it was not open TO
him to put the accusation aside with cOpi-
GUS use OF the elegant vocabulary his friends
had introduced into the House Of Commons
He was bound to enter the witness box and
deny the charges against him most sol
omnly. How could Mr.. Gladstone 90 be-
fore the country associated with men who
refused to- submit such a question to the
Judgment Of an English jury. The speaker
did not believe in Mr.. GladstOne's horo-
scope. The victory Mr.. Gladstone obtained
in 1880 was won by food of misrepresenta-
tons, and could not be repeated. The Con-
servatlveS were now an organized party
powerful to reflte falsehood and dissent
nate truth. This condition Of the party was
largely due to the work Of the Primrose
League. The present government would
when 1t left office, hand down unimpaired to
their successors the great trust Of the empire
committed to their care. (Cheers)
Lord Salisbury concluded his remarks as
follows: Parnell and his associates belong
to party OF which large wing has worked
by murder, and had been largely supported
by the contributions of others wno-openly
advocated political assassination. ParffosIs
trusted friends have mixed on terms Of inti-
macy with those whose advocacy Of assassi-
nation is well known, and the language of
Parnell and his friends in speaking OF the
fearful crimes that have been committed is
not above repr0ach, being marked by indif-
ference to, and even by tolerance of murder
When such greaticase Of presumption ex-
lists 1t Is not open for him to take refuge in a
mere denial, or to think he can dispose Of
the accusation by a liberal use of the wide
and energetic vocabulary which his follow
ers have used in the House Of Commons.
LONDON, April 20.--GladstOne writes: 81
attach very high Importance to the mani
festations, now tncessant, OF American as
well as colonial sympathy with the Irish
people in the crisis created by the causeless,
insulting and insidious bill at present before
Parliament. Apart from the particular and
more or less formal acknowledgements, am
not Of the opinion it would be proper or
expedlent for me to take 1t upon myself TO
address any general communication TO
America en- this subject, which. however,
have noticed and may again notice in Parlla-
ment. Still L am very anxious that the
| people Of this country should have the means
| Of understanding how much beyond the
range .of my sectional impulses and how
i truly national the movement in the United
States has become, and In this view / would
recommend that an endeavor should be
| made TO present some estimate Of the aggre-
gate number OF persons by whom the recent
meetings in America have been attended,
/ and likewise and especially, an estimate OF
II =
Representatives, clergymen, and other official
or nightly responsible persons by whom such
meetings have been countenanced or sup
ported"
LONDON, April 2O-Sir William Vernon
Harcourt In speech at East London to-
night endorsed Earl Spencer's recent asser
| t1on that there was no evidence which
showed that the Parnellites had ever asso-
ciated with criminals. He further said In
view OF ParnelPs denial of the accusations
| made against him it remained for his accu-
| sers to substantiate their charges The
| charges against the Parnellites, said he
! were brought 70 divert attention from the
real question. Mr.. Chamberlain's statement
that Mr.. Gladstone refused 10 modify the
bill was unfounded. The failure Of the
| round table conference was the personal do
ing Of Mr.. Chamberlain and nobody else.
The managers Of the Press Association as
sert that they have seen signatures written
| by Parnell in 1873, and others in 1888 show
| ing some OF the characteristics noticeable in
the signature in the Times, but all differing
| from one another somewhat, so a definite
opinion cannot be formed from comparison
OF them.
The Vienna correspondent Of the Standard
says that the Queen Of Servia has separated
from her husband, King Milan, and returned
to her family In Russia. Political and do
nestle differences are the grounds given FOL
the separation.
Foreign Notes.
The London Globe says that Biggar will
sue the Times for libel and make that paper.
articles on sParnellism and Crime" Of the
series of which the Parnell letter was the eul
minating point, the basis of the action.
There were nine more evictiOnS on Lord
Landsd0wne's estates yesterday, and more
will probably follow.